The characterization that I have been "advising" President Obama is inaccurate. Over the last few months I've had a couple of conversations with the President, off-the-record. At no point did President Obama ask me for advice on a specific policy or speech or proposal, nor did I volunteer it. I know that he has had similar meetings with other columnists.

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Also, you can give advice to the President of the United States, only if he asks for it. If he didn't ask for it and then if you wanted to give him advice, why would he take it – afterall he is the US President.

whats the difference between "regular face to face meetings" and "couple of conversations" ... I don't see any difference. If you look at the basic context of what Fareed had to say about his interactions/conversations with Obama, he said the same thing now that he has said before.

Check out a dictionary if you fail to discern any difference. I doubt the question about his contact with the bozo in the WH was pulled out of thin air. He chose to self promote and then had to back track on his "importance". Guess he thought everyone who watches CNN would swallow his kool-aid and not question his statements.

May 15, 2011 at 1:05 pm |

ral

Only an Obama-hater would even make an issue out of this – and, let's face it, there is nothing that Obama can do that the haters won't try to make an issue of.
Seriously, Obama could run into a burning building and save a baby and the irrational haters would find something about it to complain about! Get a grip and get over yourselves – you just sound stupid now.

I am glad someone in the White House is talking to you. You make sense and have a practical approach to many of our problems. You have pointed out solutions and not inflamed the discussions with more hostility. Thank you. I hope your ideas get acted upon. You also deserve the credit for being more out of the box and in the box than anybody who the White House has hired or listened to. Thanks for your sound advice through the years. I hope we as a nation become mature enough to hear and implement some of your suggestions.

I use to respect Fareed. However not only is he drinking the Kool-Aid, but making it and selling it 24 hours a day. I consider him one of the worst "journalist" on TV today. No objectivity, no searching for the truth. Just watch the Soros interview. Very sad that he has MADE A DECISION to take this path.

You have got to be kidding. A journalist that "gives the President advice" and we're supposed to believe that he's reporting to us objectively? He's so anti-american he's a joke anyway. Does Obama really need more advice on how to hate the United States. Remember, his goofy wife saying, "this is the first time I've been proud of America, that after America probably lifted her and her husband to the front of the line, NOT THROUGH ABILITY, but through the skin color clause of Affirmative Action. What IS this world coming to?

I can't help but wonder if you were this bothered by the too-close relationship between Bob Woodward and George W. Bush? I also wonder how many outraged posts you made about Bush having 'round table' discussions with journalists – but only right-wing journalists from Fox? Probably none.....and it's probably too much for you to realize that there is nothing new, unusual or wrong about Presidents talking to all kinds of people.

Fahreed, it's pretty obvious from the posts here that the only people who have a problem with this are those who are just looking for one reason after another to stoke their hate & prejudice – I wouldn't worry about what them – nothing will change their feeble minds, and they are far too mired in hate for reason to have any effect.

I wonder if Obama can do any wrong in your eyes. Look the country is not in better shape, and it does not seem like it is going to be for awhile. So many people have left Obama in the two and a half years in office. This has to do with Obama's policies and nothing else. Stop being so shallow.

May 16, 2011 at 8:12 am |

Nina

Not surprised that a CNN "JournOlist" would be giving our Muslim-In Chief advice !! The Muslim-in-Chief needs all the help he can get. So I am not surprised that the Muslim-In-Chief would be listening to a CNN Muslim. In my opinion the CNN Muslim should be sent to GITMO....he is a disgrace !!!!!!!

Once you use terms like "Muslim-In Chief ", you show yourself to be a person with no critical thinking skills and no credibility – and a bigot to boot.
Go over to Freerepublic and post your nonsense – that's your target demo.

And your critical thinking skills consist of inevitably saying "but, but, but Bush" any time some one criticizes the President.

May 16, 2011 at 10:07 am |

j. von hettlingen

No wonder freedom of expression is censored in some countries. The founding fathers saw the danger of this excessive freedom and maintained that imbeciles shouldn't be given the right to vote or speak in public, in order to spare them the pain to be ridiculed.

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